Local Farmers See Bountiful Flax Yields And Ranch Changes
The Fulton threshing machine is threshing flax in the south divide yielding five to six bushels per acre. C F Miller leases J W Harper's ranch on Pumpkin creek. Mrs Chas Foster visits Madison Co after aunt's death and mother's illness. Mat Hammer moves to Bordwell place. Tobin leases Ellesbush for next year. A runaway hay rack injures no one seriously near Earl Hiett. South river ranchers round up. Fishman reports good wheat. New baby born to Earl and wife. Dobbs well pipe laid. Dobbs escapes unharmed from a field accident. Alva Weskett crowned champion left handed croquet player of south side. Hand adds bath room to home. Many travel to Peetz for threshing coal. Livoni drives cattle. Higgins digs spuds. Pultz family to Sidney. Beyers in an auto crash but unharmed. Warner to return from Spokane to improve land. Thurston narrowly avoids injury when horses frightened. he is knocked down but saved from worse.
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Mat Hammer
Bordwell Place
F. B. Tobin
Ellesbush Place
Earl Hietts
John Dobbs
Mr. Dobbs
South River
South Divide
Fred Beyers
Sidney
Mr. C. Warner
Spokane
Washington
Nels Thurston
Potter
Ash Grove Rural Notes Face Light Rain and Local Happenings
A light shower in Ash Grove on Sunday eased into clearer skies. Andrew MacAdam reports a promising potato crop for the dry season. Miss Morrison improves slightly. Ford Wickhorst’s east family visits him. Mrs Rabbits returns from the east with her parents. Mrs Robert McAdam’s mother remains unwell. Courtrights travel to Colorado. Pete Nelson’s new house progresses. Henry Kaune visits Sidney. Bessie Strom attends Lodge Pole association. Wickhorst also makes a Sidney trip.
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Andrew MacAdam
Adams
Taylor
Lodge Pole
Miss Morrison
Mrs. Courtright
Colorado
Pete Nelson
Henry Kaune
Sidney
Bessie Strom
Ford Wickhorst
Local notes of rain travel and meetings in Sidney
A light rain fell last Sunday in the locality. P. T. Higgins was in eastern Nebraska for several days tending to real estate interests. Mr. Pomeroy vaccinated his cattle last Monday. John Daugherty and his wife attended the A. O. U. W. meeting in Sidney last Saturday night.
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P. T. Higgins
Nebraska
John Daugherty
The
Sidney
Cold Weekend Weather and Local Social News
A cold rain affected the area Saturday night into Sunday. Mrs. Garey and Mrs. Horner have been ill but improving. Foltz returned home from ditch work. Eugene Ribble and wife visited Gareys, Katherine Whitelock stayed with grandparents J A Whitelock and wife. Royal Neighbors box social set for Van's hall with all invited. John Frazier visited Sidney Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. F. Garey
Royal Neighbors
Van's Hall
Farmers Back Macaroni Wheat As Surplus Hauls Away
Local farmers show interest in seventy seven cents for macaroni wheat and haul off surplus. Tom Perkins of Sidney Draw visits midweek to recover stray horses. Calves follow storm while potato fields fear frost. Community plans changes with more farms and land being broken. News scarce signaling peace and prosperity in a quiet district.
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Tom Perkins
Sidney Draw
Horsts
Wetzels
Oldershaw
Gus Jeudes
Sonsie Farm
Beautifying Road Stations Pleases Travelers
Cresskill New Jersey improved its railroad station by planting trees and flower bushes around the stop to create a pleasant arrival. Citizens contributed ideas and the plan proved economical and effective in presenting a favorable town image to arriving travelers.
Small town envy of successful outsiders
A reflective column notes that an outsider who rises from poverty to merchant prominence faces fear and hatred in a small town. Despite public spirit and generosity, locals dismiss him as competitive, branding his success as marketing hype, yet he persists and remains successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Caesar
Rome
Pleasant Anticipations Exchange About Alimony
A brief exchange questions marriage over money and alimony. One party cites a sufficient income while the other worries that alimony would be ludicrously small. The dialogue echoes practical concerns about financial stability in a future union.
City Ownership Pays Dover Water System Draws Support
Dover New Jersey municipal ownership shows surplus from the water plant, enabling bond payments and prompting talk of extending to street lighting. Hydrant rental savings reach 4710 dollars, with no rentals under municipal operation and annual street lighting costs cited at 6750 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
Water Commissioners
Connecticut Exempts Forest Land From Taxes Under Plan
A Connecticut house bill aims to boost forestry by exempting tree plantations of one or more acres at least 1 200 trees per acre for up to twenty years. The proposal targets encouraging planting and long term cultivation of forest stands across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Connecticut House of Representatives
New Things Reflect On Aging Values And Time
A reflection on whether progress honors the past and safeguards the future. Frank B Black argues age brings benefits and that society overfocuses on the present. He cautions against chasing a single aim while neglecting memory and longer horizons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank
Black
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Fulton Threshing Machine
C. F. Miller
J. W. Harper
Pumpkin Creek
Chas. Foster
Madison Co
Fishman
Harvey Hiett
Earl Hiett
Earl
Alva Weskett
F. A. Hand
South Side
Peetz
Christ Livoni
Chas. Higgins
Pultz
Fred
ASH
East
Mrs. Paul Rabbits
Robert McAdam
Clara
Mr. Foltz
John Frazier
Higgins
Hinman’s Cigar Store
Yesores
Cresskill
N. J
Oresseili
Biz
Los Angeles
Congress
Wichita Beacon
A. Pease & Sons
Sidney, Nebraska
OUR
American Bank
NEBR
the Capitol
Schlitz Beer
Tobin
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